Western Plains App
04 April 2025, 6:40 AM
Two more people, an 18-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy, have been charged in relation to a break-in at a Bourke motel in late February where a group threatened two people.Â
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Police were called to a motel on Anson Street in Bourke around 4:50 am on Saturday 22 February following reports of a break-in.Â
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A group of people allegedly threatened first threatened a 24-year-old man and a 52-year-old man with knives and stole cash, bank cards, and mobile phones.Â
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The older man suffered a minor cut to his neck. No other injuries were reported.Â
The group then crashed through a locked gate with an allegedly stolen white Holden sedan and fled the scene.Â
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Specialist officers examined the crime scene.Â
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Around 11am on Saturday 22 February, officers attached to Central West Police District located the sedan on Lewana Place in Orange.Â
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The vehicle had front-end damage to the windscreen and hood was seized for forensic examination.Â
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Following inquiries, an 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were charged and remain before the courts.
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Police attended two homes on Cullie Street and Adelaide Street in Bourke on 2 and 3 April and arrested the 18-year-old man and 13-year-old boy.Â
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They were taken to Bourke Police Station and charged with aggravated breaking and entering, committing a serious indictable offence while armed, and being carried in a conveyance taken without consent of the owner.Â
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The man was refused bail before Lightning Ridge Local Court on Thursday 3 April and will appear before Bourke Local Court on Thursday 5 June.Â
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The boy was refused bail and will appear before children's court on Friday, 4 April.Â